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Forbidden Memory (2016)

Forbidden Memory poster
Directed by
Gutierrez Mangansakan II
Genre
documentary
Country
Philippines
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines how a community remembers the Malisbong Massacre of 1974 in the Philippines. It explores the effects of government-sanctioned violence on the collective memory of the people.

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What happens

Forbidden Memory is a Filipino documentary that studies a people's collective memory and the policy of genocide around the events that led to the Malisbong Massacre of 1974. The film is directed by Gutierrez "Teng" Mangansakan III. It was shown during the 12th Cinema One Originals festival in November 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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